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Language Skills

R
Javascript (d3.js)
Python
Bash
SQL
C++
AWK

Open Source Contributions

All projects available at github.com/nstrayer/<name>

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Xukun Ma

I have made visualizations viewed by hundreds of thousands of people, sped up query times for 25 terabytes of data by an average of 4,800 times, and built packages for R that let you do magic.

Currently searching for a data science position that allows me to build tools using visualization and machine learning to help people explore and understand their data.

Education

PhD. Student

Phoenix, AZ

Arizona State University

2028 - 2024

  • Working on Bayesian network models & interactive visualization platforms
  • University Graduate Fellow

B.S., Mathematics, Statistics (minor C.S.)

Singapore

National University of Singapore

2022 - 2018

  • Thesis: An agent based model of Diel Vertical Migration patterns of Mysis diluviana

Selected Positions

Graduate Research Assistant

Vanderbilt University

TBILab (Yaomin Xu’s Lab)fictional

2020 - 2015

  • Primarily working with large EHR and Biobank datasets.
  • Developing network-based methods to investigate and visualize clinically relevant patterns in data.

Data Science Researcher

Johns Hopkins University

Data Science Lab fictional

2018 - 2017

  • Building R Shiny applications in the contexts of wearables and statistics education.
  • Work primarily done in R Shiny and Javascript (node and d3js).

Data Journalist - Graphics Department

New York, New York

New York Times fictional

2016

  • Reporter with the graphics desk covering topics in science, politics, and sport.
  • Work primarily done in R, Javascript, and Adobe Illustrator.

Selected Writing

Using AWK and R to Parse 25tb

N/A

LiveFreeOrDichotomize.com fictional

2019

  • Story of parsing large amounts of genomics data.
  • Provided advice for dealing with data much larger than disk.
  • Reached top of HackerNews.

The Traveling Metallurgist

N/A

LiveFreeOrDichotomize.com fictional

2017

  • Pure javascript implementation of traveling salesman solution using simulated annealing.
  • Allows reader to customize the number and location of cities to attempt to trick the algorithm.

The Great Student Migration

N/A

The New York Times fictional

2016

  • Most shared and discussed article from the New York Times for August 2016.